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Television networks know that Christmas is the perfect time for some guilt-free sofa time, loading the schedules with crowd pleasing movies of all shapes and sizes.

Undoubtedly, the biggest movie to debut on terrestrial TV over the festive period is No Time To Die. Daniel Craig’s James Bond swansong will air on ITV on New Year’s Day just 15 months after the film was in cinemas.

We’ve combed through the listings and chosen the best films airing on the main UK channels (and some streaming services) over the Christmas period, so sit back, relax and enjoy some incredible movies at home this festive period.

The best movies on TV on Friday, 23 December, 2022

Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc returns to solve another mystery in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. (Netflix)

1:45pm Trolls World Tour | BBC One

3:50pm The Grinch | ITV

11:15pm Last Christmas | BBC One

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Netflix

Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint on the set of North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

12:45pm Arthur Christmas | ITV

1:40pm North By Northwest | BBC Two

3pm Pokemon Detective Pikachu | BBC One

1am La La Land | BBC One

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Sky Cinema/NOW

The best movies on TV on Christmas Day, 2022

Will Smith and Mena Massoud in Aladdin (Credit: Disney)

11:35am White Christmas | BBC Two

1pm Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon | BBC One

3:10pm Aladdin | BBC One

4:40pm Some Like It Hot | BBC Two

10:45pm Love Actually | ITV

The best movies on TV on Boxing Day, 2022

Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. (Disney)

10:25am Big Hero 6 | BBC One

12:25pm Frozen | BBC One

2:25pm Mary Poppins | BBC One

5:30pm The Magnificent Seven | BBC Two

10:15pm Goodfellas | BBC Two

The best movies on TV on Tuesday, 27 December, 2022

George MacKay in 1917. (eOne)

10:00am Missing Link | BBC One

1:45pm How To Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World | BBC One

3:50pm Funny Girl | BBC Two

9:00pm 1917 | BBC One

The best movies on TV on Wednesday, 28 December, 2022

Orson Welles tries to evade capture as Harry Lime from the classic Carol Reed 1949 movie The Third Man. (Screen Archives/Getty Images)

9:35am The Third Man | BBC Two

11:40am Wallace and Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit | BBC One

3:50pm Moana | BBC One

10:30pm Heat | BBC Two

The best movies on TV on Thursday, 29 December, 2022

Judy Hopps leaps into action in Zootropolis. (Disney)

1:55pm Zootropolis | BBC One

3:35pm The BFG | BBC One

The best movies on TV on Friday, 30 December, 2022

Lauren Bacall and Sean Connery on the set of Murder on the Orient Express. (Alamy/Getty Images)

11:30pm The Full Monty | BBC One

4:45pm Murder on the Orient Express | BBC Two

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The best movies on TV on New Year’s Eve, 2022

Himesh Patel and Danny Boyle on the set of Yesterday which imagines a world without The Beatles. (Universal)

1:15pm Coco | BBC One

2:50pm Inside Out | BBC One

3:10pm West Side Story | BBC Two

7:20pm Yesterday | BBC One

The best movies on TV on New Year’s Day, 2023

Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in No Time To Die. (MGM/Universal Pictures/EON)

11:20am Pete’s Dragon | BBC One

4pm Mary Poppins Returns | BBC One

8pm No Time To Die | ITV

The best movies on TV on Monday, 2 January, 2023

10:30pm The Shawshank Redemption

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